Thalheim (Dornburg)

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Thalheim
Dornburg municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 12 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 162 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.64 km²
Residents : 1296  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 150 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65599
Area code : 06436
Aerial view of the site, part of the quarry in the lower right corner of the picture.
Aerial view of the site, part of the quarry in the lower right corner of the picture.

Thalheim is a district of the Dornburg municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Salzbach in the town center

Thalheim is located in a widened section of the valley on the banks of the Salzbach , a tributary of the Elbbach . The place itself extends from a height of around 160 meters on the Salzbach to around 200 meters in the new development areas on the outskirts.

The Thalheim district extends roughly triangular and tapering to a point in a north-easterly direction. The Salzbach flows through it from the northwest to the southeast. Another stream comes from the north, which flows into the Salzbach on the northern edge of the village. The district borders from the northwest in a clockwise direction to Dorndorf , Frickhofen , the Elbe valley district Heuchelheim , to the Hadamar districts of Ober- and Niederzeuzheim and to the west to Molsberg and thus the border with Rhineland-Palatinate . The highest point in the district is the Hellersberg, south of the town. The entire area rises around the trough of the place, especially to the south and west, with the exception of the strongly cut Salzbach runoff in the southeast. In the north and east the landscape rises only slightly. The district consists mainly of agricultural land. Especially the high elevations in the west are covered by mixed forest. To the northeast of the village is a nature reserve with a few lakes, and to the southwest is a basalt quarry on the Hellersberg.

history

Monument to the pottery tradition

The first documentary mention is for 1215. The core of the original settlement was presumably in the area of ​​what is now the “Hofgarten” estate. For 1231 five farms in possession of the Teutonic Order in Thalheim are proven. The oldest house still in existence today is the "Kölsche Hof" from 1553. In 1771, Nassau-Oranien set up a fair in Thalheim with a subsequent court day.

The pottery was economically important . For this reason, the derisive name “Deppe-Dohlem” (from “Dippe”: pot) is still used today. Probably around 1840 the pottery industry went out in the place.

On December 31, 1971, Thalheim joined the new community of Dornburg, which had existed since February 1, 1971.

In autumn 2008 a village museum was set up in the half-timbered house Wirtshof 2 . On January 1st, 2009 Thalheim was included in the village renewal program of the state of Hesse.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories and administrative units to which Thalheim was subordinate:

population

Population development

In the censuses on June 6, 1961 and May 27, 1970, 1104 and 1237 inhabitants were officially recorded.

Thalheim: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 848
1840
  
 883
1846
  
 972
1852
  
 984
1858
  
 932
1864
  
 940
1871
  
 831
1875
  
 869
1885
  
 923
1895
  
 871
1905
  
 858
1910
  
 821
1925
  
 907
1939
  
 802
1946
  
 1,194
1950
  
 1,140
1956
  
 1,040
1961
  
 1.104
1967
  
 1,190
1970
  
 1,237
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 09 Protestant, 906 Catholic and 8 Jewish residents
• 1961: 37 Protestant and 1058 Catholic residents

Culture and sights

Former town hall with an old fire brigade hose tower

societies

In Thalheim there is the Thalheim volunteer fire brigade founded in 1909 (since May 1, 1973 with youth fire brigade ), the sports club SV Rot-Weiß Thalheim 1919 (with dance groups and soccer groups), the shooting club "Hubertus", the choir club "Concordia" and the VdK - Local group and the Catholic women's community. Furthermore there is the Beautification and Tourist Association 1910 e. V., which was founded in December 1910.

Buildings

  • Portal and north-west side of the church

  • Choir room

  • Old church square 2

  • Courtyard garden 2

  • Older house and barn of the Kölschen Hof

  • Younger residential building in the west wing of the Kölschen Hof

  • Neue Strasse 1

  • Oberdorfstrasse 8/10

  • Salzbach Bridge

  • Under oak 1

  • Under oak 10

  • Under oak 14

  • Wirtshof 2, village museum

  • Wirtshof 9

  • Forest chapel

  • Langgassen crucifix, today at the village museum

  • Wayside shrine in Oberdorfstrasse

Parish Church of St. Stephen

The Catholic parish church was designed in 1887 by the Limburg architect J. Fachinger. The building has cautiously used neo-Gothic features and is made of regional basalt tuff. The facade tower stands out due to its high pointed helmet. The side aisles of the basilica are very narrow. The interior of the church is characterized by ribbed vaults and a particularly prominent entrance gallery.

Old church square 2

It is a slightly shifted three-sided courtyard on the Salzbach. The house has been changed by additions from different eras, but still clearly shows the original half-timbering on the upper floor. The architectural decoration consists mainly of the very symmetrical execution of the framework, of nested and round cross struts and carvings. The Franconian bay window facing the inner courtyard in particular shows such carvings with vine tendrils, garlands and herms . The barn with a very simple, clear half-timbered structure from the 18th century was also part of the ensemble, but was demolished around the year 2000.

Courtyard garden 2

The half-timbering of this 18th century house is largely covered by plaster today. Only a Franconian bay window with elaborate carving on the pillars (spiral pillars, tendrils, mask, mythical animals) is still visible.

Kölscher Hof 2/4

This is a very old courtyard complex, of which significant parts of the building fabric have been preserved despite major changes. The core of the smaller of two half-timbered buildings on the site probably dates back to the 16th century, possibly from 1553. A rear extension with a change in the roof structure and the execution of the ground floor exterior walls as solid masonry around 1900 strongly distort the original condition, too if the interior room layout is apparently still true to the original. Around the year 2000, some remodeling was removed (shed in front of the house) and a thorough restoration was carried out. The architectural decoration is essentially limited to the upper floor with a wide, grooved threshold with dew band carving , curved corner struts with leaf-shaped carvings and an overall very uniform framework with a continuous parapet. The half-timbered barn from the 18th century and the second half-timbered house as the west wing of the property (according to the board from 1722) are far less valuable, but are also listed.

Langgasse 2

This barn from the 18th century had an unusually wide gable end facing the street. The half-timbered structure showed emphatically even forms. The frame below the top attic floor was designed to be very wide. Around the year 2000 the building was demolished.

Neue Strasse 1/3

This building clearly consists of two half-timbered zones that were erected at different times. The front, older part shows a more carefully executed beam structure with profiles in the frame of the ground floor. The late Biedermeier front door is an important construction detail. Presumably the building closed off the old town center at the southern end of the thoroughfare.

Oberdorfstrasse 8/10

This two-zone house is the most skillfully decorated half-timbered building in town. Grooved and curved cross struts, man forms, twisted columns and richly carved thresholds, together with four Franconian bay windows resting on elaborately carved consoles, make up the high value of the framework. The building is dated to 1701 on a corner post. An old part that was plastered today was added later.

Salzbach Bridge

The one-arched bridge that exists today, over which Langgasse runs, replaced a previous building in the same place around 1900. At that time, it was still used to connect the agricultural areas across the stream to the town center. Today there are houses on both sides of the bridge. The building consists of quarry stone. The design of the plaster gives the appearance of cuboids within the bridge arch. The railing made of angle iron is designed with a diamond net.

Under oak 1

This house from the 8th century shows only a few sections of its architectural value. On the clad gable side, only the window arrangement, which has probably not changed, is preserved. The half-timbered structure of the upper floor is still visible on the eaves side. There the generally quite simple beam construction shows ornamental carvings in the form of jagged friezes, scales and tendrils.

Under oak 10

This courtyard is part of a settlement section on the Salzbach that was once separated from the village center. The house was built in the 18th century and expanded on both gable sides in the 19th century. A remnant of the original framework can still be seen on part of the eaves side on the upper floor. The simple structure is enhanced by man shapes and a profiled threshold. The barn, also from the 18th century, originally belongs to the adjacent Einhaus Wirtshof 2.

Under oak 14

It is an inconspicuously voluminous house from the 18th century, the half-timbered structure of which is now hidden behind cladding elements. The windows are unchanged in their arrangement and size.

Wirtshof 2

This very simple, almost square half-timbered house dates from around 1700. The branch integrated into the towing roof is a typical feature of the Westerwald framework. The originally associated barn, built later, is now part of the "Unter Eichen 10" property. Since 2008 the house has housed the Thalheim village museum.

Wirtshof 9

This building stands out in the entire townscape. It is a villa that was built in 1903 in the classical style and therefore unusually modern in this area. The Rhenish limestone alluvial stone as a building material is also rarely used in the region. The client was a Thalheimer who worked as a building contractor in Essen. The design comes from the architects of the then conglomerate Stinnes . The facade has rich stucco decor. The massive courtyard wall also highlights the building.

Forest chapel

The small chapel is located above Thalheim on the edge of the forest on the road to Hundsangen. It was built in 1912 from exposed basalt rubble. The ogival vaulted prayer room contains a crucifixion group, which also dates to the beginning of the 20th century.

Wayside shrines

Village museum: This crucifix from 1892 is shielded by a tail roof and bears a strikingly large Christ body. It was originally located in front of the Langgasse 37 property, but was removed in the course of a road renovation and re-erected in the garden of the village museum, Wirtshof 9 around 2010.

Oberdorfstraße 7: This wayside shrine with a square floor plan was built from rubble stones in the 19th century and topped with a pyramid roof . The walls are plastered, the chamber has a slight pointed arch and a wrought iron door that was probably still from the construction period.

Infrastructure

The Thalheim volunteer fire brigade (founded in 1900, with a youth fire brigade since May 1, 1973 ) provides defensive fire protection and general help.

Web links

Commons : Thalheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Thalheim, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Numbers and facts . In: Internet presence. Dornburg municipality, accessed on April 24, 2020 .
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
  4. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).